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Science Blogs-2008
Up one level- A federal budget, yes, but compromises hurt UO & national physics
- Despite agreement by the White House and the Democrat-controlled Congress that science funding is important, the new 2008 federal budget, approved with compromise and rather quietly in December, ended up gutting, at least temporarily, the nation's physics programs. UO's physics department, as a result, was hit hard.
- Of culture and tool use: tap into your left parietal cortex
- Functional MRI is showing that a person's pantomiming or performing a task involving tools draws from the brain's left hemisphere, and that becomes a problem when a brain injury is involved, says the UO's Scott Frey in a new report
- On the road to Paisley, Oregon, to see the caves of the human coprolites
- Work of Dennis Jenkins draws a visit from the Jim Lehrer NewsHour and a visit to the archaeological site
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- More photos from Paisley Caves
- UO sci/research tidbits
- Various news items from around campus that might be worth chewing on -- or, at least, knowing about
- UO's Guillemin develops a fruit fly model for studying infectious diseases
- New approach shows how a bacterium's toxic protein can manipulate a signaling pathway, providing a new window for researchers studying a variety of bacteria
- PLoS Pathogens cover May 16
- Time to pursue a 'low carbon society'?
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences and other agencies/organizations call for countries to wean themselves off fossil fuel dependency
- History Channel looks at dung -- from the Paisley Caves
- History Channel segment on "All About Dung," airing June 30, features UO archaeological work at Oregon's Paisley Caves
- All About Dung ... AND ... Jim Lehrer NewsHour
- The UO's Dennis Jenkins appeared on two television networks in one night (the Jim Lehrer NewsHour on PBS and The History Channel) on Monday, June 30, to talk about the human DNA found in ancient human excrement.
- Wealth does not dictate concern for environment
- University of Oregon sociologist Richard York is co-author on a study with an Oklahoma State colleague on an article in The Sociological Quarterly. The study finds that that citizens of poorer nations are just as concerned about environmental quality as their counterparts in rich nations.
- On science, the candidates say ...
- The presidential hopefuls were given a list of questions about their views on science. The answers are in.
- Have you seen it? The new issue of Cascade?
- The cover story "The Doctor is in" looks at a connection between the UO and local physicians that has helped revive the UO's human physiology department ... but look further and you'll see an awesome new magazine of the College of Arts and Sciences
- Look! Good economic news from ONAMI
- New, lengthy independent report by SF company finds ONAMI is paying off
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